AI School

WestGen AI School Classes

Brian Shaw has been with WestGen for over 35 years. He also travels overseas and breeds cows for Semex Alliance (up to 350 cows per day) in Russia and has been hired to teach reproductive training in Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and China. He is an amazing teacher with good focus, (WestGen classes are for breeding cows only).

The full course is 3 ½ days held in the Fraser Valley with some smaller classes in the Okanagan and Prairie provinces when numbers are large enough to hold a class. You will have an orientation, practice working with the straws in the liquid nitrogen tank, then will practice using the gun and straws in repro tracts before going into cows. All breeding supplies are supplied and are the same items you should use on the farm. The AI School Manual is included and you will receive a Certificate for upon completion of this course.

Brian goes into detail about how to know exactly where you are depositing the semen and how to always find your target, heat signs and synchronizing. He has enough experience to know what errors have been made over the years that may have caused poor conception. This knowledge and know -how from any instructor can help you succeed in the business.

About WestGen

WestGen, originally known as the Lower Fraser Valley Artificial Insemination Association, was established in September of 1944. At first, the newly formed association operated out of a facility in Surrey, British Columbia,

before moving to the previous Milner, BC location in 1949. In the same year, the organization changed its name to the B.C. Artificial Insemination Centre, a name which it held for the next 49 years.